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[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Debauchery \De*bauch"er*y\, n.; pl. Debaucheries.
1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or
allegiance.
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The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the
debauchery of the army. --Burke.
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2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially,
excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality;
habitual lewdness.
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Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. --Sprat.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
debauchery
n 1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery,
saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken
revelry]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "debauchery":
carousal, carouse, debauch, debauchment, dissipation,
dissoluteness, fastness, free living, gallantry, high living,
killing pace, libertinage, libertinism, license, licentiousness,
orgy, profligacy, rakishness, riotous living, saturnalia,
unbridledness, venery, wenching, whoring, wildness